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Show EVASION OF BLUE LAWSJSPOPULAR Attorney General of S. Dakota Da-kota Makes Complaint TIKI.UK. S n.. Jan. 8 South Ia-kota's Ia-kota's blue laws munt either be repeated re-peated or amended so they may be enforced. In the opinion of Attorney General Payne, who declares the wording word-ing of present statutes leads to evasion eva-sion of ths law's intent, "l.Rinful occupations" are prohibited In South Dakota on Hundays. but no section of the statutes defines Just whnt are "gainful occupations." Therefore haneoall. motion pictures, dancing, t heat res. boxing and various other thlnars lhnt. it is declared, the law was designed to prohibit on Sundays, Sun-days, are made legal by lack of specification, specifi-cation, according to the attorney general. gen-eral. Proponents of a "blue Sunday In this state are e utter to have the leglftlature at its comlnic session amend the blue laws and enlarae their scope so that thev may specilt ically cover all forms of amusement and commerce not 'absolutely 'ab-solutely essential." On the other hand sentiment appears to he deveioplng la favor of the repeal re-peal of all blue law" Backers of this proposition urxe among other things that trte prohibition of Sunday baseball base-ball would mean death of the South Dakota league. |